The King's Follower [Rebirth]
Chapter 30
The man who owns the manor in Aisha City is the Marquis Condela, and his manor is also the largest and most luxurious manor in Aisha City.
Edward had no other choice. The Crown Prince had to live in the best place when he traveled. If he chose someone else's manor, unless that person had a closer relationship with the Crown Prince, he would be humiliating the Marquis Condela.Edward didn't want to get into trouble with this cousin. Although he didn't like this cousin pursuing him, the other party didn't do anything to hurt him after all. He couldn't make his face ashamed as he wanted.
Marquis Condra was originally a little discouraged because of the crown prince's estrangement in the past few days, but when he suddenly heard that the crown prince offered to go to Aisha City to relax, his whole face immediately glowed, and even his red hair looked much brighter, like A flame was burning above his head.In addition to this fire, there are two affectionate fires burning in the golden eyes of Marquis Condela. Every time Edward meets his gaze, he feels that the fire directly burns himself, making him afraid to avoid it If not, I can only reduce the chance of meeting him as much as possible.However, Marquis Condela didn't take it seriously, thinking that the young crown prince was just shy, and he still shuttled around the castle with a spring breeze every day, exuding a strong hormonal smell, which made the whole castle feel happy.
The news that the crown prince was going to travel quickly spread back to the palace, and the two majesties sent envoys one after the other to deliver letters.Since the king seriously injured Edward last time, he may have felt guilty, or he may have been happy with the smooth development of the matter. His attitude towards Edward has improved a lot. This time he sent envoys. Take care of your health, and allocate some people from your own guards to Edward to protect his safety.
The news from the queen was less friendly.
"...I heard that Marquis Condela is visiting your place. As a sub-orc man who is underage and unmarried, I hope you pay more attention to the influence. I don't like Marquis Condela. I believe you have not married him either. Willing, since this is the case, you should keep an appropriate distance, so as not to be misunderstood, and make those orcs who admire you mistakenly think that you are in a relationship, and they are afraid to express their admiration to you...
"...I don't know if you still remember your cousin George, he is eight years older than you, and he also served in the military camp. He has admired you for a long time, and now he knows that you have plans to go to Aisha City to recuperate, and His Majesty sent his own guards to protect you, so he volunteered to be one of them, so that he can get closer to you. As his aunt, I really couldn't bear to see him toss and turn because of his feelings, so I begged Your Majesty, Grant him the post of vice-captain of the Guards. I hope you, my dear son, can give him the honor of kissing the back of your hand for the sake of your sincere affection..."
Edward put down the letter with a blank expression on his face. After a while he stood up and threw the letter into the burning flames in the fireplace.The clean white letter paper sprayed with perfume quickly curled into a mass of black ashes in the flames, exuding a faint burnt smell.
"I'm almost exhausted from dealing with Cousin Charlie, and I'm sending another Cousin George." He laughed sarcastically, "It seems they don't want me to recover."
"That's not necessarily true, Your Highness." Countess Permette said, "Perhaps it will be easier for you." On her wrinkled face full of seriousness and indifference, there was a vague nostalgia and indifference. Edward couldn't help shivering at the playful smile, "Your Highness, you are still young and have never experienced such a thing, so you are so worried. In fact, when His Excellency George arrives, Marquis Condra will not have so much time Dangling in front of you. The two of them will try their best to keep each other from getting close to you, and they will spend all their time finding fault with each other, so they won't care about you."
"Then I have to thank my good mother." Edward raised one eyebrow, watching Countess Permette's expression with interest, "It seems that you have a lot of experience."
Over the past few months, perhaps because I knew that Edward was loyal to the king, I also found that Edward cared about William sincerely. Perhaps more importantly, Edward almost died at the hands of the king. The earl's attitude towards Edward became more and more kind, and now the two would make some harmless jokes in private.
The Countess of Permet put away the smile on her face and put on a serious and rigid expression: "Every sub-orc will go through this, Your Highness, especially an excellent sub-orc like you."
"Really?" Edward lowered his eyes, "for a person who intends to dedicate his life to Orgonla, this is not a good thing. Let's go," he looked up again, "the ministers are still waiting And me."
The two left the room, and the valets on duty, guards and clerks who were guarding the door hurriedly followed Edward, walking towards the large meeting room.
For Edward, the meeting was just a formality, but he couldn't help but participate, and he always had to put on a show for outsiders to see.In the past, he always avoided such occasions as much as possible, but now he no longer intends to avoid politics as in the past. Even if he can't make the decision, he still needs to know what happened in his own territory, so as not to be too passive.However, during this period of time, in order to go to Aisha for vacation, the ministers worked overtime and concentrated on the important official affairs that had to be decided by the crown prince. Now they have been dealt with in a hurry, so the meeting was over before the afternoon tea time.
At this time, there is still a long time before dinner. Edward is not a noble lady with nothing to do. She has no habit of drinking afternoon tea. She left the meeting room, not knowing what she was going to do, so she saw it in the corridor. The adjutant of Marquis Kondra, that person was leaning on the window sill and chatting with an orc man.
The two were very close, and the young orc adjutant was obviously a little excited. There was a vague and special smell from his body, which made the sub-orc man blush a little bit.Orcs retain some of the habits of beasts, so in Salman Continent, young orcs are very angry because it is not a shame for sub-orcs to be in heat, and sub-orcs don't feel offended, so this is a proof of their charm, while orcs You can also use this smell to show others your healthy body. If the smell is stronger, you can also show your outstanding abilities in certain aspects.
Edward frowned slightly. Underage orcs and sub-orcs could not understand the meaning after smelling this estrous smell, but most of the noble children living in Hull Castle were underage, flirting openly with sub-orc servants in his castle , it is a bit too rude.
The adjutant's ears were keen to hear someone approaching, and when he looked up, he saw the crown prince with a worried face.Although he didn't do any frivolous actions, but when he saw the crown prince wearing a large black robe and a golden ring and dragon necklace on his chest, he felt as if he was flirting with a suborc man in a church and despised the gods.
"Your Highness." He hurriedly backed away and saluted the crown prince.
"Why are you here alone?" Edward said, "Aren't you the adjutant of the Marquis Condra, there is nothing you can't do to serve your chief."
"My lord gave me a half-day vacation." The adjutant hurriedly explained, and then thought of his long journey to chase his wife, and said with an idea, "My lord heard that today is the first day of school in the practice field. The school assessment is starting, so I went to the practice field to see how the little orcs are doing, do you want to go and see?"
Edward took a deep breath. Even though several months had passed, now that he heard the words "practice field" and "assessment", he still couldn't help but think of the scene when he was assassinated.
But he couldn't avoid it for the rest of his life because of this matter, so he calmed down a little, and nodded to the adjutant: "I just don't know what to do, so I can just go to the training ground."
The attendants immediately went down to prepare, and Edward went back to his room to put away his casual clothes, and then flew around the forest outside the city in a flying beast.Before they arrived at the practice field, they heard a deep dragon chant, shaking their hearts for a while, followed by a thick pillar of fire rushing into the sky.
"It seems that Marquis Condra is giving a demonstration to the little orcs." August looked through the car window at the pillar of fire that gradually disappeared into the air.
Edward sat steadily, and said casually, "Your brother is coming over tomorrow, are you happy?"
"Are you joking, Your Highness?" August heard Edward's hint that the crown prince was asking if George was from their camp, and he smiled meaningfully, "It's hard to get out of my brother's control." , I don’t want to be controlled by others anymore.”
"It's as if I've been pampering you." Edward straightened the neckline of his wide robe.
"That's different, my lord," said August.
The flying beast avoided places where it might be hit by the attacks flying around in the practice field, lowered its flying height, made a big circle, and landed slowly and steadily.
Because of Marquis Condela, all the orc students are now in the arena, watching Marquis Condela fight against the soldiers of the crown prince's guards with one against five.Edward didn't bother them, sneaked into the office of the teacher who managed the arena through the back door of the arena, and stood by the bed to watch.
Marquis Condra is a red dragon, with red scales like jewels shining even in the cloudy sky, and he is fighting with five smaller orcs.Apart from the onlookers outside the arena, there are also all the soldiers of the crown prince's guards who are practicing in the practice field. Half of them maintain the shape of beasts, cheering for their own people by roaring, roaring, flicking their tails, and stomping their feet. Most of the underage orc students also maintain their animal shapes, and they look extraordinarily petite among a group of orcs like hills.
Edward saw William at a glance. After all, the silver scale armor was very eye-catching. He looked very carefully. Sitting on the ground, his limbs kept changing the center of gravity of his body. The little black wolf who was sitting on the side slapped him away, and the latter yelled at him again. Then he curled up his tail and put it beside him, but not long after, he relapsed and continued to flick his tail. Edward couldn't help laughing.
After another half an hour, Marquis Kondra finally knocked the last person to the ground.Edward could tell that this competition was nothing more than a sparring match, and both sides kept a hand. Besides, Marquis Condra was a noble man. If the soldiers of the Guards injured him, it would not only hurt his body, but It hurt his face as a nobleman of the royal family, so the Marquis Condela must be able to win.
However, the little orcs onlookers couldn't see this. They looked at the big red dragon that was still shining in the field with admiration, and the admiration and admiration in their eyes seemed to see Orgunla alive.This also includes William. Although he doesn't like Marquis Condela always pestering the crown prince, there is no doubt that the other party is powerful.
The red dragon continued to make gestures in the arena. He knew the news that Edward was coming to the practice field before he went out. He calculated the time. At this moment, the crown prince must be in a corner of the arena, observing him.This made him extremely excited. In normal social occasions, he didn't have many opportunities to show off his huge beast shape. Finally, he had this opportunity. He must use his strong body and gorgeous scales to win the favor of the crown prince.
Soon, he saw the crown prince walking into the arena, and immediately bent down, letting out a low dragon chant from his throat. He had experimented with this frequency and volume of dragon chant when he was in school. Feeling his strength and the vigor of his voice, without hurting the sub-orc man's body.
But his painstaking efforts were destined to be ignored by Edward.As soon as Edward entered the arena, his attention was completely attracted by the little silver dragon in the crowd, and after everyone saluted, he immediately stretched out his hand to the little silver dragon and called, "William, come here."
The little silver dragon immediately twisted his body and quickly ran to Edward.When a dragon is a child, it always looks a bit big with a big abdomen, short limbs, and is very round and cute. When the body is opened when it is an adult, it has the mighty posture of the strongest animal in the mainland.
William stopped abruptly less than a step in front of Edward, bent forward, bowed his head deeply, respectfully saluted Edward, and said hello with a "chirp" in his mouth, then stood up and walked to Edward. side.
At this time, a red light flashed, and Marquis Condra changed back into a human form, walked up to Edward and saluted again.
"I didn't expect you to come back here, Your Highness." He said enthusiastically, "I'm training with your guards."
Edward knew what he wanted to hear. Thinking of his cousin George who was coming tomorrow, he still said in a rare way: "I saw it just now. He is indeed a young and promising young officer who has been praised by His Majesty." , Cousin Charlie." As he spoke, Edward added maliciously, "Oh, yes, tomorrow, my cousin George Ablohs will be arriving, and he is also a young orc at the peak of the sixth level. Two years younger. I really want to know which of you two is stronger and who is weaker."
Marquis Condela turned pale, it seemed that he already knew about the existence of George Ablohs.
William saw that it was not easy for Edward to come to the practice field, so he only focused on talking to Marquis Condra, and couldn't help but wagged his tail unhappily, gently touching Edward's leg, hoping to attract Edward's attention.Edward smiled and lowered his head, grasped the tip of his barbed tail, touched the barb at the end, and continued talking to Marquis Condra.
However, William could no longer care who Edward was talking to, and all his attention was focused on the tail.After he transformed into a human form, the tail was concentrated at the position of the tailbone. Although the tail was covered with thick scales, the position Edward held was completely barbs and barbs that had the effect of attacking. Not too many sensory nerves.But being held in Edward's hand, William felt as if the hand was resting on his own bare skin in human form.
I'm really... so sorry... Edward blushed thinking, the silver scales all over his body were almost turning pink from shyness... I'm no longer a child, and I'm going to be an adult soon, how can I let him The suborc man touched his ass...
Edward had no other choice. The Crown Prince had to live in the best place when he traveled. If he chose someone else's manor, unless that person had a closer relationship with the Crown Prince, he would be humiliating the Marquis Condela.Edward didn't want to get into trouble with this cousin. Although he didn't like this cousin pursuing him, the other party didn't do anything to hurt him after all. He couldn't make his face ashamed as he wanted.
Marquis Condra was originally a little discouraged because of the crown prince's estrangement in the past few days, but when he suddenly heard that the crown prince offered to go to Aisha City to relax, his whole face immediately glowed, and even his red hair looked much brighter, like A flame was burning above his head.In addition to this fire, there are two affectionate fires burning in the golden eyes of Marquis Condela. Every time Edward meets his gaze, he feels that the fire directly burns himself, making him afraid to avoid it If not, I can only reduce the chance of meeting him as much as possible.However, Marquis Condela didn't take it seriously, thinking that the young crown prince was just shy, and he still shuttled around the castle with a spring breeze every day, exuding a strong hormonal smell, which made the whole castle feel happy.
The news that the crown prince was going to travel quickly spread back to the palace, and the two majesties sent envoys one after the other to deliver letters.Since the king seriously injured Edward last time, he may have felt guilty, or he may have been happy with the smooth development of the matter. His attitude towards Edward has improved a lot. This time he sent envoys. Take care of your health, and allocate some people from your own guards to Edward to protect his safety.
The news from the queen was less friendly.
"...I heard that Marquis Condela is visiting your place. As a sub-orc man who is underage and unmarried, I hope you pay more attention to the influence. I don't like Marquis Condela. I believe you have not married him either. Willing, since this is the case, you should keep an appropriate distance, so as not to be misunderstood, and make those orcs who admire you mistakenly think that you are in a relationship, and they are afraid to express their admiration to you...
"...I don't know if you still remember your cousin George, he is eight years older than you, and he also served in the military camp. He has admired you for a long time, and now he knows that you have plans to go to Aisha City to recuperate, and His Majesty sent his own guards to protect you, so he volunteered to be one of them, so that he can get closer to you. As his aunt, I really couldn't bear to see him toss and turn because of his feelings, so I begged Your Majesty, Grant him the post of vice-captain of the Guards. I hope you, my dear son, can give him the honor of kissing the back of your hand for the sake of your sincere affection..."
Edward put down the letter with a blank expression on his face. After a while he stood up and threw the letter into the burning flames in the fireplace.The clean white letter paper sprayed with perfume quickly curled into a mass of black ashes in the flames, exuding a faint burnt smell.
"I'm almost exhausted from dealing with Cousin Charlie, and I'm sending another Cousin George." He laughed sarcastically, "It seems they don't want me to recover."
"That's not necessarily true, Your Highness." Countess Permette said, "Perhaps it will be easier for you." On her wrinkled face full of seriousness and indifference, there was a vague nostalgia and indifference. Edward couldn't help shivering at the playful smile, "Your Highness, you are still young and have never experienced such a thing, so you are so worried. In fact, when His Excellency George arrives, Marquis Condra will not have so much time Dangling in front of you. The two of them will try their best to keep each other from getting close to you, and they will spend all their time finding fault with each other, so they won't care about you."
"Then I have to thank my good mother." Edward raised one eyebrow, watching Countess Permette's expression with interest, "It seems that you have a lot of experience."
Over the past few months, perhaps because I knew that Edward was loyal to the king, I also found that Edward cared about William sincerely. Perhaps more importantly, Edward almost died at the hands of the king. The earl's attitude towards Edward became more and more kind, and now the two would make some harmless jokes in private.
The Countess of Permet put away the smile on her face and put on a serious and rigid expression: "Every sub-orc will go through this, Your Highness, especially an excellent sub-orc like you."
"Really?" Edward lowered his eyes, "for a person who intends to dedicate his life to Orgonla, this is not a good thing. Let's go," he looked up again, "the ministers are still waiting And me."
The two left the room, and the valets on duty, guards and clerks who were guarding the door hurriedly followed Edward, walking towards the large meeting room.
For Edward, the meeting was just a formality, but he couldn't help but participate, and he always had to put on a show for outsiders to see.In the past, he always avoided such occasions as much as possible, but now he no longer intends to avoid politics as in the past. Even if he can't make the decision, he still needs to know what happened in his own territory, so as not to be too passive.However, during this period of time, in order to go to Aisha for vacation, the ministers worked overtime and concentrated on the important official affairs that had to be decided by the crown prince. Now they have been dealt with in a hurry, so the meeting was over before the afternoon tea time.
At this time, there is still a long time before dinner. Edward is not a noble lady with nothing to do. She has no habit of drinking afternoon tea. She left the meeting room, not knowing what she was going to do, so she saw it in the corridor. The adjutant of Marquis Kondra, that person was leaning on the window sill and chatting with an orc man.
The two were very close, and the young orc adjutant was obviously a little excited. There was a vague and special smell from his body, which made the sub-orc man blush a little bit.Orcs retain some of the habits of beasts, so in Salman Continent, young orcs are very angry because it is not a shame for sub-orcs to be in heat, and sub-orcs don't feel offended, so this is a proof of their charm, while orcs You can also use this smell to show others your healthy body. If the smell is stronger, you can also show your outstanding abilities in certain aspects.
Edward frowned slightly. Underage orcs and sub-orcs could not understand the meaning after smelling this estrous smell, but most of the noble children living in Hull Castle were underage, flirting openly with sub-orc servants in his castle , it is a bit too rude.
The adjutant's ears were keen to hear someone approaching, and when he looked up, he saw the crown prince with a worried face.Although he didn't do any frivolous actions, but when he saw the crown prince wearing a large black robe and a golden ring and dragon necklace on his chest, he felt as if he was flirting with a suborc man in a church and despised the gods.
"Your Highness." He hurriedly backed away and saluted the crown prince.
"Why are you here alone?" Edward said, "Aren't you the adjutant of the Marquis Condra, there is nothing you can't do to serve your chief."
"My lord gave me a half-day vacation." The adjutant hurriedly explained, and then thought of his long journey to chase his wife, and said with an idea, "My lord heard that today is the first day of school in the practice field. The school assessment is starting, so I went to the practice field to see how the little orcs are doing, do you want to go and see?"
Edward took a deep breath. Even though several months had passed, now that he heard the words "practice field" and "assessment", he still couldn't help but think of the scene when he was assassinated.
But he couldn't avoid it for the rest of his life because of this matter, so he calmed down a little, and nodded to the adjutant: "I just don't know what to do, so I can just go to the training ground."
The attendants immediately went down to prepare, and Edward went back to his room to put away his casual clothes, and then flew around the forest outside the city in a flying beast.Before they arrived at the practice field, they heard a deep dragon chant, shaking their hearts for a while, followed by a thick pillar of fire rushing into the sky.
"It seems that Marquis Condra is giving a demonstration to the little orcs." August looked through the car window at the pillar of fire that gradually disappeared into the air.
Edward sat steadily, and said casually, "Your brother is coming over tomorrow, are you happy?"
"Are you joking, Your Highness?" August heard Edward's hint that the crown prince was asking if George was from their camp, and he smiled meaningfully, "It's hard to get out of my brother's control." , I don’t want to be controlled by others anymore.”
"It's as if I've been pampering you." Edward straightened the neckline of his wide robe.
"That's different, my lord," said August.
The flying beast avoided places where it might be hit by the attacks flying around in the practice field, lowered its flying height, made a big circle, and landed slowly and steadily.
Because of Marquis Condela, all the orc students are now in the arena, watching Marquis Condela fight against the soldiers of the crown prince's guards with one against five.Edward didn't bother them, sneaked into the office of the teacher who managed the arena through the back door of the arena, and stood by the bed to watch.
Marquis Condra is a red dragon, with red scales like jewels shining even in the cloudy sky, and he is fighting with five smaller orcs.Apart from the onlookers outside the arena, there are also all the soldiers of the crown prince's guards who are practicing in the practice field. Half of them maintain the shape of beasts, cheering for their own people by roaring, roaring, flicking their tails, and stomping their feet. Most of the underage orc students also maintain their animal shapes, and they look extraordinarily petite among a group of orcs like hills.
Edward saw William at a glance. After all, the silver scale armor was very eye-catching. He looked very carefully. Sitting on the ground, his limbs kept changing the center of gravity of his body. The little black wolf who was sitting on the side slapped him away, and the latter yelled at him again. Then he curled up his tail and put it beside him, but not long after, he relapsed and continued to flick his tail. Edward couldn't help laughing.
After another half an hour, Marquis Kondra finally knocked the last person to the ground.Edward could tell that this competition was nothing more than a sparring match, and both sides kept a hand. Besides, Marquis Condra was a noble man. If the soldiers of the Guards injured him, it would not only hurt his body, but It hurt his face as a nobleman of the royal family, so the Marquis Condela must be able to win.
However, the little orcs onlookers couldn't see this. They looked at the big red dragon that was still shining in the field with admiration, and the admiration and admiration in their eyes seemed to see Orgunla alive.This also includes William. Although he doesn't like Marquis Condela always pestering the crown prince, there is no doubt that the other party is powerful.
The red dragon continued to make gestures in the arena. He knew the news that Edward was coming to the practice field before he went out. He calculated the time. At this moment, the crown prince must be in a corner of the arena, observing him.This made him extremely excited. In normal social occasions, he didn't have many opportunities to show off his huge beast shape. Finally, he had this opportunity. He must use his strong body and gorgeous scales to win the favor of the crown prince.
Soon, he saw the crown prince walking into the arena, and immediately bent down, letting out a low dragon chant from his throat. He had experimented with this frequency and volume of dragon chant when he was in school. Feeling his strength and the vigor of his voice, without hurting the sub-orc man's body.
But his painstaking efforts were destined to be ignored by Edward.As soon as Edward entered the arena, his attention was completely attracted by the little silver dragon in the crowd, and after everyone saluted, he immediately stretched out his hand to the little silver dragon and called, "William, come here."
The little silver dragon immediately twisted his body and quickly ran to Edward.When a dragon is a child, it always looks a bit big with a big abdomen, short limbs, and is very round and cute. When the body is opened when it is an adult, it has the mighty posture of the strongest animal in the mainland.
William stopped abruptly less than a step in front of Edward, bent forward, bowed his head deeply, respectfully saluted Edward, and said hello with a "chirp" in his mouth, then stood up and walked to Edward. side.
At this time, a red light flashed, and Marquis Condra changed back into a human form, walked up to Edward and saluted again.
"I didn't expect you to come back here, Your Highness." He said enthusiastically, "I'm training with your guards."
Edward knew what he wanted to hear. Thinking of his cousin George who was coming tomorrow, he still said in a rare way: "I saw it just now. He is indeed a young and promising young officer who has been praised by His Majesty." , Cousin Charlie." As he spoke, Edward added maliciously, "Oh, yes, tomorrow, my cousin George Ablohs will be arriving, and he is also a young orc at the peak of the sixth level. Two years younger. I really want to know which of you two is stronger and who is weaker."
Marquis Condela turned pale, it seemed that he already knew about the existence of George Ablohs.
William saw that it was not easy for Edward to come to the practice field, so he only focused on talking to Marquis Condra, and couldn't help but wagged his tail unhappily, gently touching Edward's leg, hoping to attract Edward's attention.Edward smiled and lowered his head, grasped the tip of his barbed tail, touched the barb at the end, and continued talking to Marquis Condra.
However, William could no longer care who Edward was talking to, and all his attention was focused on the tail.After he transformed into a human form, the tail was concentrated at the position of the tailbone. Although the tail was covered with thick scales, the position Edward held was completely barbs and barbs that had the effect of attacking. Not too many sensory nerves.But being held in Edward's hand, William felt as if the hand was resting on his own bare skin in human form.
I'm really... so sorry... Edward blushed thinking, the silver scales all over his body were almost turning pink from shyness... I'm no longer a child, and I'm going to be an adult soon, how can I let him The suborc man touched his ass...
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